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in10RjFox · M
Fears are hallucinations. Like how people consume a drug and hallucinate, people consume a thought and hallucinate as the thoughts go haywire. Those who hallucinate with positive thoughts get to be dreamers and visionaries.

Lillybee17 · 51-55, F
Yes fears are very real but think about it, some are based on our anxieties or past experiences. These are not rational fears. These are the ones I am talking about.
yeronlyman · 51-55, M
“Fear, he is a liar”

I think the answer is nuanced

Fear is an emotional and physiological response to a perceived threat or danger. It serves as a survival mechanism

While fear evolved as an essential mechanism for self-protection and survival (by natural selection)… it becomes problematic when fear is irrational or persists despite no real threat of danger.

Of course it’s not just genes and evolution that shape our response but environmental from life experiences, both past and present, that can influence our response
Lillybee17 · 51-55, F
@yeronlyman my fears have always been due to past traumas. They have kept me in the same cycle for decades and for the better part of my years. Trying my hardest to realize that is all behind me.
yeronlyman · 51-55, M
@Lillybee17 you are in a good place by understanding yourself. there is comfort in that no doubt. peace and respect
YoMomma · 41-45
To me it’s not true because tho some fears are unfounded and not real and therefore false and untrue..

Some are very real.. so I disagree
Convivial · 26-30, F
Expressed a different way ... For all the terrible things I imagined happening to me, none ever did....
Lillybee17 · 51-55, F
@Convivial that’s exactly what I mean. Not saying bad things do jig tapped because they do, it’s life, but it’s so freeing when these fears stop controlling you.
Convivial · 26-30, F
@Lillybee17 so true... As someone said, of you live in fear you're living in the past, if you're anxious you're living in the future, if you're happy you're here in the present...
Some fears do prove to be unfounded but others can provide valuable warnings. So it’s a matter of knowing which is which and proceeding accordingly.
Magenta · F
It's like imagination, it's deceitful and it can constantly whisper negativity or misconceptions, which can immobilize us with self-doubt and rob us of joy or reality even.
BlackPetals · 18-21, F
I understand it. Fear is telling you that you should be afraid of something, when there is nothing to fear but fear itself.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
I suppose it would depend on who you think "he" is. If he is fear then fear is a liar. If you think that He is a liar that you should be aware of. Fear being another way of saying aware or leery of someone who is a liar.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
In this case it really was meant to be the anthropomorphizing of fear.

It was a religious reference to the devil. Though it's not in the Bible. They didn't want to make reference to any form of Satan in FEAR of him coming.
Lillybee17 · 51-55, F
@DeWayfarer maybe but I think it was all in the way I interpreted that made all the difference for me.
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Punches · 46-50, F
@SmileOnYourBrother heck of an acronym. Very true though.
Punches · 46-50, F
Fear prevents learning.

So yeah, it is a liar.
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
Fear is the only one telling the truth

 
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